Virat Kohli in motion for India towards New Zealand© AFP
India scripted historical past by turning into the primary crew ever to slam 100 sixes in Check cricket in a calendar 12 months. The Rohit Sharma-led aspect achieved the sensational feat on Day 3 of the primary Check match towards New Zealand in Bengaluru on Friday. This was the primary time within the 147-year historical past of Check cricket that any crew was capable of obtain to succeed in this milestone. Earlier, the report for hitting the best variety of sixes in a calendar 12 months belonged to England who slammed 89 sixes in 2022. Yashasvi Jaiswal has slammed 29 sixes in Check this 12 months whereas Shubman Gill has scored 16 sixes for India.
Groups to hit most Check sixes in a 12 months
102* – India (2024)
89 – England (2022)
87 – India (2021)
81 – New Zealand (2014)
71 – New Zealand (2013)
A counter-attacking India saved alive the hopes of a miracle turnaround by way of free-flowing fifties from the troika of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Sarfaraz Khan, reaching 231 for 3 of their second innings on the third day of the primary Check towards New Zealand on Friday.
Kohli (70), who accomplished 9,000 Check runs in the course of the course of his knock, bought out to Glenn Phillips off the final ball of the day, edging him to Tom Blundell, leaving Sarfaraz (70) on the crease at shut. The deficit on the finish of an overcast day was a much less intimidating 125.
Kohli and Sarfaraz added 136 runs for the third wicket after skipper Rohit did the early operating with a fluent 52.
This was after New Zealand posted a complete of 402 all out to achieve a large lead of 356 runs due to Rachin Ravindra (134) and Tim Southee (63), who added valuable 134 runs for a flowing eighth wicket stand.
The biggest deficit India has overturned to win a Check of their cricketing historical past is 274 in the course of the iconic Kolkata Check towards Australia in 2001.
(With PTI inputs)
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